Contemplative in the Mud

Love Compels Suffering – But What a Reward Comes Later

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Benjamin Embley

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Van[Jesus says,] My child, my love would dearly love to spare you from suffering but, on the other hand, this same love compels me to treat you as I do [in suffering and spiritual aridity]. My child, on my return, when I see your heart empty and alone, what kisses you will receive…!
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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